Republican nominee Mitt Romney received no “bounce” out of last week’s Republican Convention and voters gave his acceptance speech a tepid reception, according to a new Gallup Poll survey. Just 38 percent of those surveyed rated the Romney speech as “Excellent” or “good,” the lowest high marks Gallup has ever recorded. “Romney’s speech this year […]
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Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan is coming on Sept. 10 for what has become a ritual of the 2012 campaign — a four-figure fundraiser followed by a five-figure fundraiser, both held on the Eastside. Public rallies and stops are becoming an endangered species of the 2012 campaign. Two reasons explain the change: One […]
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Just four days after news that the summer ice pack in the Arctic has shrunk to a record low, Mitt Romney made a joke about global warming to make a point against President Obama in his acceptance speech. “President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet . […]
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Billionaire conservative David Koch was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, is spending millions to back GOP candidates, but disagrees with his party and presidential nominee on same-sex marriage. “I believe in gay marriage,” Koch told Ken Vogel of Politico outside a reception in Tampa. Asked about nominee Mitt Romney’s opposition to marriage equality, […]
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Polite disagreements between two gentlemen morphed into close-quarters combat Wednesday night as Washington’s candidates for governor held their first face-to-face debate of the 2012 general election. “You can choose the path you’ve been following the last 28 years or you can choose a new direction,” Republican Rob McKenna told the audience at Washington State University-Vancouver. […]
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After a 20-month hiatus, Seattle radio station KVI is returning to its conservative roots: The day after Labor Day, it will again become Talk Radio KVI with an on-air diet of all right-wing talk, The once and future format will begin at 5 a.m. on Tuesday with the familiar voice of John Carlson, 2000 Republican […]
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The 39 counties of Washington spent $211 million on marijuana enforcement between 2000 and 2010, with no sign that use of cultivation of cannabis is being curbed, says a report released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington. The ACLU is actively promoting Initiative 502, which would legalize, control and tax growth of […]
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Backers of libertarian-minded Texas Rep. Ron Paul chanted “Let Paul Speak!!” Tuesday on the floor of the 2012 Republican National Convention, but the GOP might not like what he has to say. Paul told Fox News late Tuesday that he hasn’t decided who to vote for in the November presidential election. The Texas congressman finished […]
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Taking pot shots at an initiative that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana sales in Washington, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna predicted that I-502 will go down to defeat in November. Democrat Jay Inslee is also opposing I-502, but Attorney General McKenna on Tuesday lined up with arguments that some medical marijuana dispensaries are using […]
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Seven candidates for an open State House seat in Seattle’s 36th District spent much of the spring and summer fighting at close quarters for endorsements from Democratic-aligned interest groups. The candidate who captured the broadest range of endorsements, Democrat Brett Phillips, lost in the August 7th primary. Nonetheless, the top two finishers — Democrats Gael […]
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